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Christ. I haven't even finished de-googling* yet and now I need to de-proton?**

*The photos. The stupid photos. Why did I have to let them have so many of my stupid photos?

**Almost there. Guess I need to figure out a password manager replacement is all. I'm not paying any of these guys for shit ever again. That's clearly part of the problem.

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Oct 29, 2026 · 17:26 UTC

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I'm so sick of all this magat vigilanteism culture. They wanted to make us great again? What a croc. They wanted to take us back to a shittier time where robber barons could roam free.

In the last few months, Yen set up an email address for employees to contact if they come across anything blocking adoption of AI at Proton, so leadership can “ruthlessly smash everything that stands in the way of AI velocity;” Proton installed software on workers’ computers that track how much AI code the company is generating; and Yen said this is the last year that Proton will hire engineers at all, and instead only hire people to build things with AI.

https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning/

In the last few months, Yen set up an email address for employees to contact if they come across anything blocking adoption of AI at Proton, so leadership can “ruthlessly smash everything that stands in the way of AI velocity;”
404 MediaManifestos, Fear, and ‘Loser Thinking’: Inside Proton’s AI ReckoningProton CEO Andy Yen projects a calm persona and rails against Big Tech and critiques AI. Internally, he is pushing engineers to build Proton with AI, even when they have security concerns.
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